Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-2133 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2133, located approximately 245.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.37 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.21 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 3.827 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0410 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 798 K (525 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 245.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.324
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,325,169 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2133 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.37 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.211 R♃
Mass
6.21 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.324
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1375of 1978

top 69.5%

This planet

2.37R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2133 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.21317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0081.110.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 39200363

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1333818968701222272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1333818968701222272

System

TOI-2133

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.370 R⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.210 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 3.83 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1946
Distance 75.20 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.324 · percentile 34 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.827 days
Semi-major axis
0.0410 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.83 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0410 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.118 %

Duration

2.113 h

Impact parameter b

0.120

Rp / R★

0.035070

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,985.8831

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,182 ppm lasting ≈ 2.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035070

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.170

Impact parameter (b)

0.120

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,985.8831

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54500

Eq. Temperature

798K

(525 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

81.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.324

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morello et al. 2026

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2133

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,250 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.620 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.644 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

3.680 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
75.20 parsec
Light-years 245.26 ly
V-band magnitude
12.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,325,169 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.413.43B12.01V11.63Gaia10.86TESS9.76J9.14H9.00K8.92W18.99W28.88W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.269 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.786 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-17.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

64.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.128 · y = -0.831 · z = 0.542

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 261.24383° · Dec 32.79840°

Galactic ℓ, b

56.500° · 31.506°

Ecliptic λ, β

256.824° · 55.838°

HTM-20 index

1030258174

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